Sign up to Wordpress.com

Accept invitation from Map Create

Create a ‘post’ to embed your map and type some text

USING MAP CREATE

You are going to use Mapcreate to embed a Google map

• Mapcreate was built using Wordpress

• One of the great things about Wordpress is that it is a very ‘social’ tool - a fantastic medium to promote online conversations, crowdsource information and collaborate online with team members

Wordpress allows you to have multiple ‘authors’,

‘contributors’ and ‘editors’. You as the ‘administrator’ of your own blog can decide which role is assigned to

whom. Click on the ‘User’ tab to do so

Become an author!

• For this exercise I am assigning all of you as ‘authors’. Unlike ‘contributors’, that means you don’t have to wait for me to check your content before publishing a map or blog post – just go ahead and do it!

• Log into your Google mail and you will see an invitation from me to become an ‘author’ on Mapcreate

Sign up to Wordpress

Accept invitation to Lewes Link-up

Create a post

Sign up to Wordpress

This is what the email will look like

You need to do two things

Sign up for a Wordpress

account

Do not click Accept Invitation yet. Get your Wordpress account and

password first. Only then click Accept Invitation.

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Sign up to Wordpress

Accept invitation to Lewes Link-up

Create a post

Sign up to Wordpress

Sign up for a Wordpress account

Get a Username and password

and Sign up

This website was built using Wordpress. Wordpress is a powerful open source blogging tool. When you sign up, you can create your own website or blog

Sign up to Wordpress

Accept invitation to Lewes Link-up

Create a post

Sign up to Wordpress

Check your email again and activate your Wordpress account

Once you have signed up, you will get an automated email asking you to activate your account

Click activate account

Sign up to Wordpress

Accept invitation to Lewes Link-up

Create a post

Sign up to Wordpress

You will be taken to the Wordpress dashboard

The Dashboard is where you can create

your own blog or follow blogs created

by others

This is your personal dashboard. This

is not the dashboard of Mapcreate.

You still need to accept the invitation in the email sent to you in order to access the Mapcreate Dashboard

Sign up to Wordpress

Accept invitation to Lewes Link-up

Create a post

Sign up to Wordpress

Now go back to your email and accept invitation to Mapcreate

Provided you have got your username and

password, you can log into Mapcreate

Sign up to Wordpress

Accept invitation to Lewes Link-up

Create a post

Sign up to Wordpress

You will then be taken to Mapcreate

Hover the cursor over the

MapCreate menu and then click on

Dashboard

If you do not see the Wordpress toolbar, do a Google search for Wordpress in a separate browser tab and log in

Sign up to Wordpress

Accept invitation to Lewes Link-up

Create a post

Sign up to Wordpress

Accept invitation to Lewes Link-up

Create a post to embed your map

On the left hand side of the Dashboard, click ‘Add New Post’

Sign up to Wordpress

Accept invitation to Lewes Link-up

Create a post

Sign up to Wordpress

Then follow the instructions in Google maps – the basics

Go to section

Embed a map

About this slideshow

This slideshow was created using Slideshare, a social networking

platform

You can design slideshows in a variety of formats and upload to Slideshare

Software used to design slideshows

• Powerpoint - Microsoft office

• Open Office (free downloadable office software)

• iWork (Apple)

• Google docs

Slideshare also accepts videos:-

• mp4

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A basic account with Slideshare is free

Once you have uploaded your slideshare you can embed it in your blog

The embed code is a piece of html which you copy and paste into the HTML section of your

blog or website. If your slideshare is public, it means anyone can do

the same.

This means that the content you create can be widely distributed

• People can see your slideshow on your blog

• On someone else’s blog(only if your slideshow is public)

• Or on the Slideshare platform itself